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To all whom 'it may concern.

Wn that I, JOHN H. PILLrNGs, a zen of the United lumbus, in th of Ohio, have States, e county of Franklin and State invented certain new and use- Improvements in Printing-Machines and ereby declare the following to be a full, exact description of the invention, ll enable others skilled in the art to h it appertains to make and use the My invention relates to designed to reproduce or letters or oth large quantit .in time and l A printed .matte written rep ments in constructio forms of matter m separately as may turbing the -disclosed in arged. scale.

cross section, he carnage, and the lever for operating ll or platen 1n elevation and on an enlarged scale.

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JOHN H. PILLINGS, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

PRInTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 221 1,907. Serial No. 389,679.

residing at Coprinting machines duplicate circular er business printed matter in has for its object economy abor, and the production of r which shall be verily type reductions and du licates without ossibllity of an error in th) e invention consists in certain improven whereby a number of ay be set up, and used be desired, without dise in the form, as will be fully e following specification and e matter.

anying drawings, which sepciiicationz-Figure 1 ew of a printing machine the carriage and e being shown at the front e, and after the impression ype the guide or eing removed.

Fig. 5 a detail Fig. 6 a like longitudinal section, showing the means for roll or platen and the means for movin carriage intermittently, stances being out of en respective ratchets.-

ls for operating t the carriage being shown p planlof the Fig. 9 a top p operating the the the pawls in botingagement with their. Fig. 7 a like view, the' he roll andfor moving in engagement. awl'or moving thej an view of a section osition. Fig.v 10 v11 l bring equal to the' number o sire'd, and thusfavoid and again setting np the same matter.

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a side view of the same. Fig. 12 a plan of the carriage detached. Fi 13 an end view of the same, and Fig. 14 a p an of a section of a modification of the carnage provided with recesses for the insertion of a chase contain# ing type for an address and a chase containing type for a given date.- A i Reference bein had to the drawin s and the designating c aracters thereon, t e nu .65 meral 1 indicates one side of the frame ofthe machine, 2. the opposite side, whichsides aresuitably secured together, and are provided with flanges 3, 3, which rest upon a base 4 and may be secured thereto by screws, not gj l shown, land 1n each side of the frame is a longitudinal guide-groove 5,5,'to receive lja i" A i longitudinally movable carnage 6, having. y

projections 7, 7, thereon, which engage the grooves 5. 5.

The carriage is provided with an openingl 8, on whose walls is an inwardly projecting i' member 9, which forms a support for a def tac-hable plate or chase=10 in which the ty e 11 are set up and secured inposition. l chase is provided with rows of round holes' 12 to receivethe round Shanks 13 of the''t e," 'I

and are properly spaced 'a art,"" tlie". es

full line of a letter written on a typewriter,"

length of the letter.

The type are provided square upper portion to 11 1s app the characters are formed, and are se arated and prevented from turning in the c ase by spaclng-bars 14, which are detachably secured to the chase by dowelins 15, one at each end -of the bars, and y springs 16 which are secured to the ychase and engage preferably .with-a 'f which the numeral ,the ends of the bars, as showninfFigsQQ, 10 I and 11, and the type are held down to their seats ,on the chase by a spring 17, havin resilient fingers 18, one for each type, secure to each spacing-'bar 14.

riare 6, to facilitate the setting of the type, an up 4,and used interchan eably as maybe de- 'stributing the tylpe, y

carriage Gis alsoprovided with openings 19,

and 20, the former to receive a chase4 containing an address, and the latter to receive v 21; lndicates' aftxsupportegjl in the 'sides characters and the number of rows 1s determinedby the led, and on the outer end of vwhich 100 The chase 10 is removable from the carso tha t any number of forms may be set 1 105 Y of the awl 36 being projected hso of the machine and on one end of which is a cam 22, and adiacent thereto is a cylinder or drum 23 on whose periphery are arranged pins 24, one for each ty e in a line of maximum length set up in t e form, which pins extend throughout one halt` of the circumference of the drum, and each pin engages-a bell-crank lever 25, of which there are also as many as there are type in the line. The bell-crank levers are sup orted on a transverse shaft 26 engaging t e sides 1, 2 of the machine, and are arranged directly under the type in line, one lever for each type, and in the revolution of the drum 23, the ins 24 engage the short arms 27 of the severa levers in succession and the long arms 28 of the levers strike the type and project them up-.

ward to efect the printin The arms 27 are returned to their norma position to again engage the pins 24 by a spring 27', one for each lever, secured to a transverse bar 28', and the arms` 28 are supportedon a bar 29'.

On a stub-shaft 29" secured to the sideI 1 of the frame, is a bell-crank lever 30, on one arm 31 of which is a roller 32, which engages the cam 22, and the opposite arm 33 is pro! vided with a pin 34, on which are parallel bars 35, 35, between which bars is a pawl 36 held up by a spring 37, and on the lower side of the bars 35 is a projection 38, to engage a pin 39 on theside 1, and raise the pawl into engagement with a toothed rack 4() on the underside ofthe carriage 6, to move the carriage and the type forward intermittently one line at a time as the shaft 21 and the drum 23 are revolved. The roller 32 is held in engagement with the cam 22 by a spring 41, one end of which is secured to a stud 42 on the side 1 of the frame, andthe shaft 21 and the drum 23 are revolved by a crank 42' manually operated.

. 43 indicates the roll or platen mounted on* a shaft 44, and on one end of said roll is a ratchet wheel 45 enga ed by a pawl 46 pivotally secured to a ever 47, supported on a stud or pin 48 secured to one of the 'brackets 48 attached to the frame of the machine. The pawl is held in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel by a spring 49, and the roll is revolved, the paper moved and spaced for printinr by the end i against one end of t e sliding bolt or pin 50, and its opposite end being projected against the adjusting screw 51 in the arm 5270i the lever 47. The lever 47 and the pawl 46,. are drawn back for a new bite ,on the ratchet 45 by .a spring 53, connected to the lever 47 and to a bracket 54 secured to the side 1, which is rovided with van adjustable screw 55 to limit the return stroke of thev lever 47 and the pawl 46.

56, 57 indicate ribbon-'rolls over which ribbon 58, travels at Van-angle across the machine to change position of the part of the .the drum 23 revolved, the type against the ribbon throughout one llne, when the carriage is moved forward intermitftently, one line at a time, the pa er on the man `turbmg the type in the chase.

ribbon previously used. The rolls are supported on brackets, 59, 60, secured to the sides 1, 2 of the frame of the machine, and are operated by cams 61, 62 on the ends of the shaft 44, which engage levers 63, 64, respectively, supported on the shafts 65, 66, which extend through the rolls 56, 57, and are provided with pawls 58', 59', which engage ratchets 67, 68, on the respective ribbonls. The levers 63, 64 are provided with rollers 69, 70, which engage the working face ofthe cams 61, 62, and are held in engagement therewith by spring 71, on each arm, only one of which is shown, and the pawls 58', 59 are held in engagement with their respective ratchets, b sprin '72, only one of which is shown. 'IThe rib on is fimwound from one roll and Wound on the other, and when the latter is full, the operation 1s reversed, by throwing the opposite pawl in engagement with its roll, and the ribbon returned to the first roll, as in an ordinary typewriter. The ribbon 58 is supported between the type and the platen in suitable clips' 73, 74, and the paper or letter-head to be written u on travels over a guide or support 75, and) is pressed against the roll or platen by a rod 76, having rubber rolls 77, thereon and operated by a rod 78, lever 79 and spring 80. The chase with its form of t e having been placed in the carria e 6, t Ve carriage is drawn to the rear endo the machine by seizing the knob81, the lever 42 is then seized by the hand of the operator, projected roll or platen properly spaced an the operfation continued until the letter has been completed. The foregoing operation bein =peated on as many diferent letter-hea s as `may be required. The chase ma I.removed from the carriage and7 another chase containing a different form substituted therefor, thus providin for the printing of different forms omatter Without dis- It is obvious that changes may be made in details of construction, Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a printing machine, separate mov able type, a frame provided with longitudinal grooves, a chase supporting the t e in alinement and movable in the frame, a ever for each type in a line, and means supported by the sides of the frame for operating said levers and projecting the type.4

2. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a frame provided with longitudinal grooves, a carriage movable in said grooves, a chase supporting the type in alinethen be I ment and engaging said carriage, a lever for ,4130

each type in a line, and means for operatin the levers and projecting the type, sai means and said levers supported by the sides of the frame.

3. In a printing machine, separate movable ty e, a chase for supporting the type in a plura 'ty of parallel lines, a bank of levers comprising a lever for each type in a line and adapted to operate the type of each line consecutively, and means for operating said levers to project the type.

4. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a frame provided with longitudinal grooves, a carriage movable in said grooves, a chase supporting the type in alinement and engaging said carriage, a lever for each type in a line, and a revoluble member arranged transversely of the frame, and supported by the sides of the frame, for operating said' levers consecutively.

5. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a chase for supporting the type, a frame, a carriage supporting the chase and longitudinally movable in said frame, means for projecting the type consecutively, means for moving the carriage intermittently. and a revoluble member adapted to 0 erate said means for projecting the type an the means for moving the carriage.

6. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a chase supporting the type in alinement, spacin -bars between the lines of tvpe, and springs or securing the bars to the chase; in combination with a carriage for supporting the chase and means for projecting the type consecutively` 7. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a chase supporting the type in alinement, spacing-bars secured to the chase, and means on said bars for holding the type between the bars in combination with a carriage for supporting the chase, and means for projecting the. type consecutively.

8. In a printing machine, separate movable type, a chase supporting the type in alinement, spacing-bars detachably secured to the chase, and resilient members secured to said bars and engaging the type; in combination with a carriage for supporting the chase, and means for projecting the type consecutively.

9. In a printing machine, a chase having holes therein in alinement, type having a square up er end on which the characters areforme anda round shank engaging the holes in the chase, and spacing-bars between the lines of type; in combination with a carriage tor supporting the chase, and means for projecting the type consecutively.

10. In a printing machine, a frame provided with ongitudinal grooves, a carrlage longitudinally movable in said grooves, a chase provided with movable type and detachably supported on said carriage, a revoluble member su ported in the frame, and adapted to furnis power to'advance the carriage and to project the type.

11. In a printin machine, separate movable type, a chase Ier supporting the type in alinement, a frame, a carriage supportin said chase longitudinally movable 1n sai frame, a transverse shaft between the sides of the frame, a plurality of levers su ported on said shaft and adapted to engage t e type, and a revoluble member between the sides of the frame engaging said levers to project the type.

12. In a rinting machine, a frame provided with ongitudinal grooves, a carriage longitudinally movable in said grooves, separate movable type, a chase supporting said type in alinement and detachably sup orted in said chase, levers for each type in a ine, a

laten, a revoluble member supported in the ame and adapted to engage said levers, and connections for advancing the carriage and revolving the platen synchronously.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. PILLINGS.

Witnesses:

JAMES I. MARTIN, LEONARD ECK. 

